Historedia
Person

Joshua Plaskitt

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1883–1893

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Joshua Plaskitt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute established

    1883–1893

    Role: Petitioner for engineering school

    1. 1883 · Baltimore, MarylandEstablishment of the Manual Training School

      Joshua Plaskitt petitioned Baltimore authorities to create a school for engineering instruction, leading to the 1883 founding of the Baltimore Manual Training School.

    2. 1883 · Courtland Street, BaltimoreInitial Location on Courtland Street

      The school's first building, designated in 1883, occupied part of a former grammar school on Courtland Street near the old City Spring.

    3. 1893 · Baltimore, MarylandRenaming to Polytechnic Institute

      The official name was changed from Baltimore Manual Training School to The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1893.

Sources

  1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28